Doeg b. Josef died of starvation in Jerusalem when it was besieged by the Romans, though offering a measure of gold for food. His wife devoured her only child whose weight in gold she used to bring as a yearly offering to the Temple,
The Starvation of Doeg ben Yosef in Besieged Jerusalem
Gaster, Exempla of the Rabbis No. 69 (1924); cf. Yoma 38b